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NodeJS vs Go (self.programming)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Asudox to c/[email protected]

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I want to learn another programming language now that I've been using Python for over 2 years now. I am kind of leaning on learning JS so that I can use it for the backend and also for the frontend. But the syntax is kind of weird. I heard Go is pretty good for the backend and also is compiled. What do y'all say? I also welcome other language recommendations.

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[–] colonial 10 points 1 year ago

I'm not a fan of Go from a language design perspective, but it does have plenty of technical merit (cheap coroutines, compiled) compared to using a scripting language for your backend.

Some pointers on other languages:

Don't sleep on Java/Kotlin or C# for your backend. They're good languages with powerful, well-developed ecosystems. Kotlin even compiles to JS!
TypeScript is saner JS. Highly recommended.
If your backend is CPU-bound, Rust will let you squeeze out every ounce of performance at the cost of a relatively steep learning curve.